Bureaucracy

HOW TO get the authorization to access the Lab

In order to obtain access to any AIRLab site (see The Labs), you need to follow these steps.

First of all, it is absolutely necessary that you carefully read the Safety norms and the Rules for AIRLab Users. These documents are written in Italian: if you aren't able to read them, ask the Teacher responsible for your Project to translate for you the parts concerning your work.

You must then request a user account for the AIRWiki (if you haven't got one yet). For that, you can ask your Teacher or follow the instructions on the Main Page.

As soon as you have your account, you must log in to the AIRWiki (just use the link on top right of the Main Page), then click on the "people" link in the "navigation" tab on the left to go to the Special:Listusers page. There you will find a list of user pages: look for your own (yes, there it is!). Click on the link and fill in your user page with your data. The data you are required to put in are: first name, surname, "numero di matricola", name of the Teacher(s) you work with, name of the project(s) you are working on (or have worked on in the past), and your photo. You can copy the layout of other user pages (some of them include a fine table for all the data) if you prefer: just go to the 'edit' tab of those pages and copy all that you need into the 'edit' tab of your page (I said COPY, not CUT: be careful not to alter other people's pages).

Subsequently, you must set up an AIRWiki page for the Project you are about to start working on (if someone else didn't already do that: check for it on the Projects page). Don't worry, it's very easy: just follow the instructions you find here: Projects#HOWTO_add_a_new_project_to_the_AIRWiki.

Then, you have to fill in the Access Registration Form, sign it and have the Teacher responsible for your Project sign it. Note that by signing the form you declare that you have read the document "Safety norms for AIRLab users" (so ACTUALLY READ IT!).

Once the form is signed (check your Teacher has signed it too), it has to be verified and signed by professor Bonarini, head of the AIRLab. This step has been made mandatory to check that people actually fill in their AIRWiki pages, as students tended to "forget" that :-( . Send an e-mail at bonarini (at) elet (dot) polimi (dot) it with "access to AIRLab" as subject to ask him when you can go to his office for the signature.

Sciuto. Just leave the form to "Segreteria del DEI" (1st floor) and come back in a day or two.

Finally, leave the form and your student's ID to Mrs. Ivanov (DEI, 3rd floor). This step usually requires a week.

You are now allowed to access the AIRLab!!

HOW TO connect your laptop to the Internet

If you own a laptop computer, you can request an authorization to connect it to the (wired) LAN of the Department of Electronics and Information (DEI). This allows connecting to all the online resources of the DEI and to the internet. You will need to fill in this form and return it to the network administrators' office (DEI, 1st floor, Sardi or Busnelli). You will have to specify the MAC address of your network interface card: instructions about how to get it are given in the form.

NOTE: if you often work in AIRLab/Lambrate, you can also get an account to use the Linux PCs available there; this will give you a home directory (accessible from any of those PCs) and internet access. This is completely separate from access to DEI's LAN: you can require such an account by writing an e-mail to prof. Matteucci.